Hi - I do add temporary things such as road closures, construction sites. Generally only if it will be there "for a while", e.g. a month or more. I agree with Brian's perspective.
Dan 2014-02-06 Brian Savidge <[email protected]>: > I thought temporary information like closures of paths and roads were good > to put on the map, if nothing else to allow routing to avoid them. > > The water I agree is likely to be a bit inaccurate and isn't going to help > with the routing, but like a road, those areas will be wet for quite some > time (weeks to months), so as long as the person doing it keeps it > relatively up to date, I guess there is no real problem. The real problem > comes when its not maintained. > >> Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 00:24:31 +0000 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Talk-GB] Somerset Levels Flooding > >> >> Hi >> >> About a week ago user Jestr88 added large areas tagged natural=water; >> name=flooding. to indicate the flooded areas on the Somerset levels. >> >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/258412163 >> >> Apart from the inaccuracy of these (water levels vary hourly) I thought >> temporary information was frowned upon. I think they should be removed >> or am I missing something? >> >> Dave F. >> >> --- >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >> protection is active. >> http://www.avast.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
